Course Directors 

Mark Soworka “A decade as a PADI Course Director has given me the opportunity to meet a load of really nice people. The network that you develop after a bit of time in the dive industry spreads around the world.

Many dive shop mangers, owners and course directors from Koh Tao to the Maldives, Mozambique to Cairns, have completed training and internships with me. This network of friends is why I still enjoy working in the dive industry and is the strength of our job placement programmes. My commitment to the PADI Instructor programme is not simply getting you through the PADI Instructor exam.

In ten years, with over 1000 instructor level certifications, I have maintained a 99% success rate on PADI instructor programmes, which must be one of the highest success rates worldwide. The real strength of my PADI instructor programmes is that they are about getting you a rewarding and successful career in the dive industry.

PADI Dive Master and PADI Instructor programmes make you a competent dive professional. Dive Careers PADI Dive Master and PADI Instructor programmes add loads of extras that help make you a successfully employed dive professional.

My dive professional programmes are the only professional dive courses in Thailand to include

• Marine Resource Management seminars and fish and coral identification dives.
As dive professionals I feel strongly that you should have a good grasp of how the marine environment works. You will be in an unique position as a dive professional to pass on strong environmental concepts to your customers. None of this is examined in the PADI Dive Master or PADI instructor programmes, but I feel it is vital information for dive professionals.
• I also include CV workshops and placement on several job forums for the dive industry. Dive Careers programmes include a commitment to helping you finding a rewarding career. Not only am I teaching you to get through a PADI Instructor exam, but I am also helping you get work in the dive industry. A Dive Careers programme is your passport to a quality education and successful career that can take you around the world.”

Mark has been diving since he was twelve years old. He has diving experience from the east coast of Australia, to Africa, South America and a few months up in the Arctic circle. Before applying for Course Director he completed almost two thousand diver level certifications and had worked as General Manager and Training manager of dive centres. This extensive diving, teaching and managing experience sets Mark apart from most PADI Course Directors. Mark Soworka has been teaching PADI IDCs on Koh Tao and Koh Samui since 1997. He is one of the most experienced Course Directors in Thailand with more than 1000 instructor level certifications.

Mark's qualifications include • PADI Platinum Course Director. One of Asia’s first to be awarded the Platinum Course Director, PADI’s highest Course Director recognition • DAN Oxygen Provider Instructor Trainer • DAN Hazardous Marine Life Injuries Instructor Trainer • Marine Resource Management Instructor Trainer • PADI Instructor Specialty Trainer Wreck, Enriched Air, Rebreather, Naturalist, Deep, Night, Photography, Videography, Navigator, DPV. • PADI Equipment Specialty Instructor trainer • Aqualung, Scubapro, Mares workshop certificates • PADI Emergency First Response and Care for Children Instructor Trainer

Mark continues to attend courses in Diving medicine, physiology, dive equipment, plus environment and ecology. Experience, knowledge and a passion for instructor level education is what you should look for choosing a Course Director.